It’s something we’ve heard a number of times on the scanner: reports of a man masturbating in public, usually around bus stops on Madison or Capitol Hill. A couple of weeks ago lilyson left a comment saying that an SPD detective was actively looking for a suspect in the case.
It happened again today, but it looks like the guy miscalculated, pulling the stunt within a few blocks of the East Precinct headquarters. Officers arrived quickly after the 911 call, stopped a possible suspect, and got a positive ID on him from two eyewitnesses.
Earlier tonight David Craig Martin was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of indecent exposure.
A search of state court records show a number of matches for that name, including to guilty pleas for sex crimes in Pierce County. In 1997 he received a fine, probation, and a suspended sentence on another indecent exposure charge. Then things got more serious in 2000 when he pleaded guilty and served time in state prison for first degree rape of a child and third degree child molestation.
A search of sex offender registries under that name came up blank.
Stay tuned tomorrow for more details..
Wow, I gotta tell ya growing up on Cap. Hill I saw way too many exposed men for my youth… dudes who would ask if you had ever seen one, etc. etc…. and I swear none of them ever got caught. So I’m damn pleased some jerk finally got caught and hopefully gets some treatment and away time. Thank you SPD.
JERK is a perfect name…anyways is there a site where we can go to to look for official sex offenders in the area..so we can actually know how many are out there….
http://www.icrimewatch.net/index.php?AgencyID=54473&disc=
It’s about time one of these guys was caught with their pants down. Um, I mean, red handed. No wait, that’s no good either! Uh… he really has this coming? Arrgh!